Yeah, people suddenly realized that the refineries in Texas were going to be close for the weekend and panicked. Meanwhile, crude is at $101.18 per barrel, up 31 cents from yesterday when the price was the lowest it had been in months.

It's all over the place here on LI. From what I can tell, it depends on the brand name you get. I usually get Sunoco; they're at $3.65 at both stations. Mobil is close at $3.69 and I think Hess is around the same price. Then Exxon jumps up to $4.09 at all its locations (4 within 10 min. of my house). Shell is even higher at $4.29.

I was stunned to hear that oil dropped to $92 a barrel. Click Here (news.yahoo.com)

I thought for sure that the investors would make it shoot back to $110 because of the threat of Ike. I'm glad I'm wrong. It seems like there is an around the board sell off due to Lehman Bros and Merrill Lynch. Hopefully we will see the drop at the pumps before the end of the year.

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